Daljit Singh Shergill (
Punjabi: ਦਲਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸ਼ੇਰਗਿੱਲ, died 6 October 2014), known as Shergill Sahib, was a
Sikh
Sikhs (singular Sikh: or ; , ) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. The term ''Si ...
leader from
Punjab, India
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, who was president of the first ''
gurdwara
A gurdwara or gurudwara () is a place of assembly and place of worship, worship in Sikhism, but its normal meaning is "place of guru" or "home of guru". Sikhism, Sikhs also refer to gurdwaras as ''Gurdwara Sahib''. People from all faiths and rel ...
'' in the UK. He immigrated to the
West Midlands in the early 1960s.
He became president of
Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick
Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick (ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਸਮੈਦਿਕ) is a Sikh ''gurdwara'' in Smethwick, in Sandwell, near Birmingham in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It was established i ...
in 1984 and led the community for 20 years.
He died in
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is a major, 1,215 bed, tertiary National Health Service (England), NHS and military hospital in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, situated very close to the University of Birmingham. The hospital, which ...
on 6 October 2014, age 70.
His daughter
Preet Gill
Preet Kaur Gill (born 21 November 1972) is a British Labour Co-op politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston since 2017. She served as Shadow Secretary of State for International Development between April 2020 ...
became Britain's first female Sikh
MP in
2017
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, when she won the election in the constituency of
Birmingham Edgbaston
Birmingham Edgbaston is a constituency, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Preet Gill, a Labour Co-op MP.
The most high-profile MP for the constituency was former Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (1937–19 ...
. As of 2024, she serves as the
Shadow Minister for Primary Care and Public Health.
See also
*
Sikhism in England
English Sikhs number over 520,000 people and account for 0.9% of England's population in 2021, forming the country's fourth-largest religious group. In 2006 there were 352 gurdwaras in England. The largest Sikh populations in the U.K. are in the ...
References
External links
West Midland Annual Asian Governmental Dinner
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Date of birth missing
Year of birth missing
2014 deaths
English Sikhs
Indian emigrants to the United Kingdom
People from Birmingham, West Midlands
People from Punjab, India